TABLE 3. Ban on misleading tobacco packaging and labeling, and plain packaging in the WHO Region of the Americas, by sub-region, September, 2022.

COUNTRY	Type of product	Brands descriptors	Emission yields	Figures, colors and other signs	Plain/Standardized packaging
English-speaking North America
Canada	AT	Yes	No	Yes	R
United States of America	AT	Yes	No	No	NR
Mexico, Central America, and Spanish-speaking Caribbean
Costa Rica	AT	Yes	No	Yes	NR
Cuba	AT	Yes	No	Yes	NR
Dominican Republic	NR	No	No	No	NR
El Salvador	AT	Yes	No	Yes	NR
Guatemala	NR	No	No	No	NR
Honduras	AT	Yes	No	Yes	NR
Mexico	AT	Yes	No	Yes	NR
Nicaragua	AT	Yes	No	Yes	NR
Panama	AT	Yes	Yes	Yes	NR
South America
Argentina	AT	Yes	No	Yes	NR
Bolivia	AT	Yes	Yes	Yes	NR
Brazil	AT	Yes	Yes	Some restrictions (a)	NR
Chile	ST	Yes	No	No	NR
Colombia	AT	Yes	Yes	Yes	NR
Ecuador	AT	Yes	Yes	Yes	NR
Paraguay	AT	Yes	No	Yes	NR
Peru	AT	Yes	No	Yes	NR
Uruguay	AT	Yes	Yes	Yes	R (b)
Venezuela	Cigarettes	Yes	Yes	No	NR
Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
Antigua & Barbuda	AT	Yes	Yes	Yes	NR
Bahamas	NR	No	No	No	NR
Barbados	AT	Yes	No	Yes	NR
Belize	NR	No	No	No	NR
Dominica	NR	No	No	No	NR
Grenada	AT	Yes	Yes	Yes	NR
Guyana	AT	Yes	Yes	Yes	NR
Haiti	NR	No	No	No	NR
Jamaica	AT	Yes	Yes	Yes	NR
Saint Kitts & Nevis	NR	No	No	No	NR
Saint Lucia	AT	Yes	Yes	Yes	NR
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines	NR	No	No	No	NR
Suriname	AT	Yes	Yes	Yes	NR
Trinidad & Tobago	AT	Yes	No	Yes	NR

AT, All tobacco products; ST, Smoked tobacco products; R, Required; NR, Not required

^aTerms and symbols are banned; however, it is unclear whether the use of signs such as colors or numbers are banned.

^bIn addition, only one presentation per brand family is allowed.

Source: Prepared by the authors based on data from Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids legislation database, available at: https://www.tobaccocontrollaws.org